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Concern over gambling branding on children’s pages in football programmes (The Guardian)

Online Sports Bets Revive New Jersey’s Gaming Industry (Bloomberg)

Macau premium mass players lose 14 times more per trip than a base Las Vegas player – Brokerage (Macau Business)

Over half of English people gambled last year, survey finds (The Guardian)

Wall Street Wades Into Sports Gambling as Legalization Spreads (Bloomberg)

Gaming results to fall 3pct y-on-y in 2019 – Brokerage (Macau Business)

UK gambling machines loaded with AI ‘cool off’ system (BBC News)

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JAPAN:
Hokkaido drops casino bid
The Governor has announced that the island will no longer seek at present a bid to construct an integrated casino resort, due to concerns about the environmental impact

SLOVAKIA:
State-run betting Company raided
The Chairman and the IT Director of state-run Tipos Slovakia have been arrested on suspicion of assisting money laundering activities

UKRAINE:
Six new gambling Bills
The six bills and two draft amendments relate to the future regulation and taxation of gambling and all focus on establishing a regulatory framework for gambling – to inlude online gambling, sports betting, lotteries and casinos

U.S.A.:
Sports betting bills filed in Florida
Three bills seek the establishment of regulated gambling in the state, both by state-owned lotteries and private businesses – the bills would legalize sports betting at retail venues, such as casinos and iLottery kiosks, and online

U.S.A.:
Guitar-shaped hotel opens
The Seminole tribe has launched the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel in Hollywood, Florida with 638 guest rooms and suites – the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is a sprawling complex that includes 19 restaurants, 20 bars, shops, nightclubs and a spa

THE PHILIPPINES:
Proposed increase to gambling tax
A new bill aims to classify all Offshore Gaming Operators as resident corporations and subject to an additional 5% tax on GGR – gaming operators will be required to pay monthly $10,000 for table games, another $5,000 for slot machines plus $1,000 presumptive corporate income tax

U.S.A.:
Internet cafés file lawsuit in Jacksonville
Owners of three Jacksonville, Florida internet cafes have filed a lawsuit challenging a city ordinance that calls simulated gambling at their establishments a public nuisance and is intended to shut them down

MACAU:
GGR rises 0.6% y-o-y
Macau gross gaming revenues have increased by 0.6 per cent year-on-year in September to US$2.7 billion – this is the fourth month this year to have recorded a year-on-year increase in gaming revenues and follows two consecutive months of a decline in results